If your once vibrant, green lawn is now dull and brown, there are a few problems that could be behind it! Overfertilization, dehydration, lawn diseases, and lawn insects can cause your lawn in South Dakota or Iowa to lose its green color. Overfertilization results in your lawn having a burnt appearance, while dehydration causes the grass blades to dry out and turn brown. Additionally, various lawn diseases can create brown patches that spread across your lawn but aren't always the cause of brown grass. Lawn insects can also weaken your grass by feeding on it, resulting in dull, brown sections of grass on your lawn.

Overfertilization can cause a brown lawn with a burnt appearance.

You should supply essential nutrients to your lawn to help it thrive, but too many of those nutrients can cause damage. Overfertilization is the process of applying too much fertilizer to your lawn at once or fertilizing it too often. The result is an abundance of nutrients from the fertilizer that your lawn is unable to absorb. When your lawn's unable to absorb all of the nutrients provided to it, the result is what's called "fertilizer burn." A symptom of fertilizer burn is a brown lawn with a burnt appearance. If you've been applying a lot of fertilizer to your grass lately, there's a chance that's what's causing it to turn brown!

To avoid overfertilization, it's best to hire professionals to fertilize your lawn!

Dehydration dries out grass blades and causes them to turn brown.

Lawns need to stay sufficiently hydrated in order to maintain their lush, green appearance. If your lawn does not receive the water that it needs, it can become dehydrated, resulting in the grass blades drying out. This will result in the grass turning brown, endangering its health and dragging down its beauty. If you suspect dehydration is the cause of your brown lawn, water it! If it regains its green color after a short amount of time, you were right! If not, your brown lawn may be caused by another issue.

Various lawn diseases can infect your lawn and cause brown patches.

Several common lawn diseases could affect your lawn and cause discoloration. If a disease is present and not treated, it can quickly spread and cause damage to your lawn. Some common diseases that can cause your lawn to appear brown are rust, powdery mildew, and leaf spot. Some lawn disease symptoms can also resemble other issues, so it's best to hire professionals to confirm if your lawn is dealing with a disease. If it is, they can apply the treatments necessary to help it regain its green color.

Lawn insects can cause damage to your lawn that can result in it turning brown!

Grubs in soil, causing a brown lawn in Sioux Falls, SD.

If your lawn has quickly changed from green to brown, there's a good chance that a lawn insect infestation is the reason behind it. Various lawn insects can infest lawns, such as webworms, chinch bugs, aphids, billbugs, and grubs. These insects can feed on grass blades, or even the roots of grass, leading to significant damage which often results in brown grass. If a lawn insect is infesting your lawn, you'll want to contact professionals immediately to eliminate the infestation so they can't cause further damage!

We can identify what's causing your lawn to turn brown and remedy the situation with our lawn care services.

Have you noticed that your lawn is turning brown? At Sharp Lawn Care, we can identify what's causing this issue and help put a stop to it with our various lawn care services. If your lawn was overfertilized, you can sign up for our lawn fertilization program to ensure that doesn't happen again! We also offer a water retention package that will help keep your lawn hydrated so you won't have to worry as much about it getting dehydrated. We can also treat lawn diseases and lawn insects to prevent them from causing more damage to your lawn!

We offer these services to commercial and residential properties, as well as HOAs, in Sioux Falls, SD, Sioux City, IA, and surrounding areas in South Dakota like Tea, Harrisburg, and Brandon. If your property is located in the Sioux City, IA area, contact us at (712) 253-8024. If your property is located in the Sioux Falls, SD area, contact us at (605) 251-6880 to sign up!